The government will resign "in the days that follow" in the event of Macron's re-election

Europe 1 with AFP 09:34, April 19, 2022

Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that he would resign, as well as his government, "in the days following" a possible re-election of Emmanuel Macron on Sunday.

Asked about France Inter to find out if he would remain Prime Minister until the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, he replied that "everything depends on the fate of the ballot boxes on Sunday", but that he is "one of those who think that an impulse news after the re-election of the president must be found".

"Extremely mobilized" on the eve of the second round

"I am among those who strongly hope that President Emmanuel Macron will be re-elected on Sunday," he said.

"After this re-election, in the days that follow, as tradition dictates, I will present my resignation and that of the government to the President of the Republic," he explained.

He said for the time being "extremely mobilized" on the eve of the second round of the presidential election on April 24, for which the polls give the outgoing president the winner against the far-right candidate, but with a smaller lead than during the 2017 presidential election.

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According to opinion polls, the outgoing president would win 53 to 55.5% of the votes cast, against 44.5 to 47% for Marine Le Pen.

Emmanuel Macron emerged victorious in 2017 with 66% of the vote against 34% for the far-right candidate.

"Nothing is decided and we should above all not draw" from the estimates put forward by the polls "the idea that the election is folded, that the match is folded. It is not" and "we must convince ( the French) that Emmanuel Macron's program is the best for France and for them", insisted Jean Castex.